Unearthing and re-creating the "company food" of yesteryear! I'll cook it, my husband will eat it, and you'll rest easy in the knowledge that your next backyard party or church potluck will be a success!

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Virginia's Emerald Isle Shrimp!

I wasn’t going to bother with St. Patrick’s Day - seeing as
how I’m on Spring Break, and Dr. Husband is visiting his family, and last year's St. Patrick's Day offering was fairly successful so why mess with a good thing – but a post from Yinzerella shamed me into action (I follow her with
regularity, as you all should be).

I’m not sure who “Virginia” is, or why she’s so averse to
flavor of any kind, but here’s her recipe for St. Paddy’s Day shrimp. You know how flamingos are pink because of all the shrimp they eat? This is kind of like that, only you're imparting the color of the spinach into the shrimp (which wasn't entirely successful here. Maybe shrimp are more color resistant these days? I blame Monsanto).

As I write, there's a little over an hour left of St. Patrick's Day, but if you're still standing and need something to do, here's the recipe:

Peel and devein shrimp, leaving tails intact; sprinkle lightly with lemon juice and set aside.Carefully wash and devein spinach; tear leaves into bits. Place in
large saucepan with 2 cup water. Place shrimps on top of spinach leaves.
Bring water to boil; cook slowly 3-4 minutes or until spinach is wilted
and shrimp are cooked through. Take care not to overcook lest shrimp
become tough.Shrimp will turn pale green as they absorb color from the spinach. Remove shrimp from saucepan and refrigerate for later use.

Full disclosure, I halved the amounts of the spinach-cream mixture, and it was plenty. Plenty of flavorless nuthin'. Almost any addition would make this not half bad - a packet of ranch dressing mix, horseradish, minced onion, pepper jelly - in fact, almost anything that actually possessed flavor, which spinach, cream cheese, and sour cream do not. Do you agree, panel?

Our Rating:Three Screaming Husbands!

(all
dishes are rated from one to five Screaming Husbands. One Screaming
Husband equals a happy home where all problems are solved during
cocktail hour. Five Screaming Husbands signals the beginning of divorce
proceedings.)